Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Ernst Dinkla <edinkla@...> wrote:

Hi Ernst,

Is there anything you DON'T know??? Thanks for the comprehensive answer! A pity there doesn't seem a possibility then.

Joost

> Joost,
> 
> Industrial printers like UV curing and true solvent ones do not need 
> polystyrene that is coated. Usually sheets like that have had at most an 
> anti-static treatment but the bonding of the inks is assured in other 
> ways than with an absorbing coating. Eco solvent inks need media with 
> some treatment but not to the degree that water based inkjet ink systems 
> need. Usually media like vinyl and polyester film but I haven't seen 
> polystyrene sheets for that type of printers. Could exist though. Don't 
> expect the same image quality of UV curing up to Eco-solvent models that 
> you get from the systems discussed in this list. Best image quality 
> possible is probably what the quite new Epson GS6000 Ecosolvent model 
> delivers.
> 
> 
> Ernst Dinkla
>